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SOUTH TYROL Alpenverein Südtirol • Arbeitsgemeinschaft THE CIPRA für Vogelkunde und Vogelschutz in Südtirol • Baubiologie Bergwacht im Bay- Südtirol • Bund Alternativer Anbauer • Heimatpflege­verband REPRESENTATIONS AND erischen Roten Kreuz • Bergwald- Südtirol • LIA per Natura y Usanzes • Naturfreunde Meran- THEIR MEMBERS projekt e. V. • Bund Naturschutz in Südtirol • Naturtreff Eisvogel • Plattform Pro Pustertal • Süd­- Bayern e. V. • Deutscher Alpenverein tiroler Gesellschaft für Gesundheitsförde­ rung­ • Südtiroler e. V. • Gesellschaft für ökologische HochschülerInnenschaft • Umweltgruppe Eis­acktal • Um- Forschung e. V. • Landesbund für Vo­ weltschutzgruppe Vinschgau • Local groups: Andrian, Bozen, gelschutz in Bayern e. V. • Mountain Eppan, Jenesien, Kaltern, Olang, Rasen-Antholz, Salurn, Ter- Wilderness Deutschland e. V. • Natur- lan, Ulten, Vahrn, Wipptal Associazione Ambiente e Lavoro • Freunde Deutschlands e. V. • Ökolo- www.cipra.org/suedtirol Associazione Dislivelli • Club Alpino Italiano • gischer Jagdverband e. V. • Verband /LI, APRIL 2017 Dachverband für Natur- und Umweltschutz in Süd- Deutscher Berg- und Skiführer • Ver- tirol • Federazione Italiana di Parchi e delle Riserve ein zum Schutz der Bergwelt e. V. SUSTAINING MEMBER DEAR READERS Naturali (Federparchi) • Federazione Italiana Pro www.cipra.org/germany Nederlandse Milieugroup Alpen, Netherlands Natura • Gruppo Italiano Amici della Natura • Istituto Nazionale di Urbanistica • Italia Nostra • __This Annual Report is dedicated to a boat. the significance of culture for the develop- Lega Italiana Protezione Uccelli • Legambiente • La Fédération Française des Clubs Alpins et de Montagne • La Fédération Française Not the one that supposedly is now com- ment of mountain regions; the CIPRAs in Aus- Mountain Wilderness Italia • Parco Alpi Marittime de Montagne et d’Escalade • Le comité régional Rhône-Alpes de la Fédération Française de la • Parco delle Orobie Valtellinesi • Parco Nazionale Randonnée pédestre • La Fédération Française Union Touristique des Amis de la Nature • La pletely full, but the one where all those on tria, Germany and South Tyrol are co-operat- della Val Grande • Parco Nazionale delle Dolomiti Fédération Nationale pour le Développement des Sports et du Tourisme en Montagne • WWF France board are working hard for a positive devel- ing closely in the transport sector; and CIPRA Bellunesi • Parco Nazionale dello Stelvio • Pro • Mountain Wilderness • La Fédération Rhône-Alpes de Protection de la Nature • France Nature opment in the Alpine region. International co-ordinates the network of the Natura Torino • Società di Scienze Naturali del Environnement Provence-Alpes Côte d’Azur • L’association pour le Développement en Réseau des And they work hard across all linguistic Alpine Towns of the Year – to mention just a Trentino • Servizio Glaciologico Lombardo Territoires et des Services • Le Centre de la Nature Montagnarde • Le Conservatoire départemental and cultural boundaries, often ignoring politi- few examples. www.cipra.org/italy des espaces naturels de Haute-Savoie • L’association des Amis du Parc Naturel Régional de Charteuse cal party boundaries, but always finding com- Looking beyond the immediate horizon • Parc Naturel Régional de la Chartreuse • Parc National des Ecrins • Parc National de Mercantour • Parc National de la Vanoise mon ground between their various sectors: (or, more fittingly, the immediate boundaries Arbeitsgemeinschaft­ www.cipra.org/france these are the networks and joint ventures that of one’s own valley), learning from and work- der Berg- und Naturwachten Öster­- exist in the Alps, the ones that are so impor- ing with one another, and, ultimately, achiev- reichs • Kuratorium Wald • Natur- tant for innovation, creativity, and progress. ing a greater political reach: these are just freunde Österreich • Natur­schutzbund 136 membres individuels Alpen-Initiative­ The map of the Alps on pages 34–35 shows some of the positive aspects of those joint Österreich • Österrei­ chischer­ Alpen- www.cipra.org/en/slovenia • Aqua Viva • Grimselverein • Moun- just how varied and diverse the fruits of that ventures. At the centre of it all is a shared in- verein • Österreichischer Forstverein tain Wilderness Schweiz • Naturfreun- • Österreichischer Touristenklub • de Schweiz • Pro Natura • Schweizer co-operation can be. terest in sustainable development to benefit Verband Österrei­chi­scher Höhlenfor­ Botanisch-Zoologische Gesellschaft Alpen-Club • Schweizer Vogelschutz CIPRA, itself constituted as a network, both the Alps as a natural environment and scher • Zentralstelle der Österrei- Liechtenstein-Sarganserland-Werdenberg • Fischereiverein SVS/BirdLife Schweiz • Schweizeri­ -­ is involved in many of these other networks, the Alpine population as a whole. chischen Landesjagdverbände • Die Liechtenstein • Liechtensteiner Alpenverein • Forstverein Liech- sche Greina-Stiftung • Stiftung Land­­- too. CIPRA France is networked as part of an Wishing you an enjoyable read – and neun Bundesländer Österreichs: Vor­- tenstein • Liechtensteiner Jägerschaft • Liechtensteinische­ schaftschutz Schweiz • WWF Schweiz event on job opportunities that have arisen as enjoy the networking, too! arlberg, Steiermark,­ Tirol, Salzburg, Gesellschaft für Umweltschutz • Imkereiverein Liechtenstein • (Passivmitglied) a result of the energy transition; in the Swiss Kärnten, Oberösterreich, Niederös- Liechtensteinischer Ornithologischer Landesverband • Solarge- www.cipra.org/switzerland terreich, Burgenland, Wien nossenschaft Liechtenstein • Verkehrs-Club Liechtenstein valley of Val Bregaglia countless organisa- Christian Baumgartner

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Music brought Cassiano Luminati back to the Swiss mountain valley Puschlav. WHERE IDEAS MAKE WAVES

CIPRA is a small organisation with a large network. It enables people to tackle challenges together and learn from one another – like Sandrine Percheval and Cassiano Luminati, who met for the first time at the AlpWeek in Grassau/D.

__ It’s late afternoon on a cold October day of blue and gold. The excursion boat of the Chiemsee navigation company is rocking gently to and fro at its jetty mooring at Prien, Germany. Some 400 people are walking down the wooden jetty to board the ship. Sandrine Percheval and Cassiano Luminati are already on board, resting their arms on the ship’s railing as they watch the passengers board: elegant men and women, impeccably dressed. Small “ It’s a matter groups of young people in knitted scarves and trendily ripped jeans. Women in of combining traditional costume. Wafting above their heads, tufts of Gamsbart, or chamois beard, bristling from the hats of men in traditional Bavarian costume. All the existing structures heads turn in unison as the two German politicians step onto the boards: Bar- bara Hendricks, the Federal Minister for the Environment, and Ulrike Scharf, with something the Bavarian Minister for the Environment. The ship weighs anchor. new. ” »Bitte hier eine nette They have all travelled to Grassau for the AlpWeek, organised by many Bildunterschrift schreiben institutions, authorities and associations, including CIPRA. Numerous initiatives, schreiben Bildunter cultures, languages, organisations and approaches to potential solutions that all Bildunterschrift schreiben« come together around the theme of “People and the Alps”. Embedded into the Week is the 15th Alpine Conference, the principal body of the Alpine Convention. Today, under Germany’s chairmanship, the guests are invited to a state recep- tion at the palace of Schloss Herrenchiemsee on the eponymous island. 06 | NETWORKED FOR THE ALPS 2016 ANNUAL REPORT CIPRA INTERNATIONAL | 07

Sandrine Percheval, 35, and Cassiano Luminati, 45, sit down opposite each other at the stern of the ship. French and Swiss respectively, they both work within the ambit of CIPRA. This is the first time they have met in person. Cas- siano Luminati – dark beard, mischievous smile – grew up in the remote valley of Valposchiavo near the border with Lombardy. At the age of 18 he left the valley to study architecture in the vibrant city of Milan. “All I wanted was city Sandrine Percheval life!” he exclaims. “And all I wanted was sunshine and warmth, so I went to likes the social study in Southern France,” adds Sandrine. aspect of her work. She’s eager to know what brought Cassiano Luminati back to the moun- tains. “Music,” he answers. “In 1998 a friend asked me if I could help her or- ganise a jazz festival in Val Poschiavo.” He could. It was a resounding success, and it also marked Luminati’s new start in life in the valley. It’s now fifteen years since he was first appointed director of Polo Poschiavo, a centre of excellence for further education. “The way I see it,” he explains, “it’s a matter of combining existing structures with something new.” Right now they’re working on cross- border vocational training schemes. In 2005 Polo Poschiavo was awarded a main prize as part of CIPRA’s Future in the Alps Project.

Rediscovering home from a distance

“Do you also work with young people?” Sandrine wants to know. “Yes. As president of the Val Poschiavo region and through CIPRA’s mediation, I met the Youth Parliament of the Alpine Convention on several occasions between 2011 and 2015. I got to put the wishes those young people had expressed before the decision-makers – for example the need for a night bus, an idea that was subsequently implemented.” “ We’re all in In 2012, he staged the AlpWeek and the Alpine Conference in Val Poschiavo with the help of the Swiss Federal Administration and observer or- the same boat. ” ganisations of the Alpine Convention such as CIPRA, Iscar and Alparc. Asked what he enjoys most about his work, Cassiano does not have to think long and Sandrine Percheval nods, flicking strands of dark hair aside, and then begins hard. “It’s bringing people and ideas together!” For example, Polo Poschiavo, to tell her own story. She says she loves the green landscape of the Alps with the local museums and the tourist organisation joined forces to bring buck- its little towns and wild nature, especially in the South of France. But she’s wheat back to Val Poschiavo, allowing guests and visitors to experience it for also well aware of the fact that such authenticity comes at a price: “Remote- themselves. And Cassiano wouldn’t be “Luminati” if he didn’t already have new ness means having to cover long distances.” Nonetheless it’s important for objectives up his sleeve: “I want our entire valley to be awarded an eco label – a the rural population to have prompt access to information. That’s where the 100% organic smart valley.” facilities provided by the Adrets Association come into play, which is where 08 | NETWORKED FOR THE ALPS 2016 ANNUAL REPORT CIPRA INTERNATIONAL | 09

Sandrine Percheval has been working since 2014: the Maisons de service During the AlpWeek public, information and care agencies that offer a sort of first aid for all kinds Sandrine Percheval and of issues, free of charge. Need an insurance policy? A medical specialist? Or Cassiano Luminati made an official document? “Instead of running from pillar to post people have the many new contacts. option of contacting these offices, which are usually based in the municipality itself,” explains Sandrine Percheval. It’s their job to ensure that the specialist staff – most of them women – are able to exchange information and are well trained to cope with this wide range of tasks.

Resourceful thanks to incentives

“And what do you like best about your work?” asks Cassiano Luminati. “The social aspect,” says Sandrine Percheval, with a big smile. The care agencies are there for all residents, but they’re particularly important for disadvantaged people such as seasonal workers. In summer and autumn, seasonal work- ers typically help out on the farms; in winter they work as ski instructors or ski lift operators. They’re often itinerant, badly insured, with few friends or family locally, and are often ill. “These people are always borderline in terms of poverty.” A few years ago Adrets became a member of CIPRA France. “That strengthened our legitimacy,” says Sandrine Percheval. She adds that, through CIPRA, she now gets lots of inspiring ideas for projects and joint initia- tives in different areas, for example environmental protection. The chugging of the engine slows down as the ship gently nudges the jetty. The crossing is over. There’s a chill in the air now, and the smart attire and knitwear are drawn closer. The passengers disembark and, in the fading light, make their way up the avenue to the Herrenchiemsee palace. There is a babble of German and Swiss German, English and French, Italian and Slovenian. And, among the hubbub, Sandrine Percheval and Cassiano Luminati as they con- tinue their conversation, in French. From a slight elevation the young woman looks down over the procession to the jetty below, where the ship, now illu- minated, awaits its returning passengers. “We’ve all come here from different countries and with different roles and hopes,” she says, “but in the end we’re all in the same boat.”

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GOING FURTHER, TOGETHER

PAN-ALPINE NETWORKS

__There is an African saying that goes: “If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go with others.” And “ the trail to sustainable development in the Alps and to pre- ” serving the alpine natural environment, its habitat and its eco- nomic area is a very long one indeed. It is one the Alliance in TOGETHER the Alps network of municipalities and CIPRA International have been trekking along together since 1997. WE CAN In February 2016 the Executive Boards and Manage- CIPRA and the network ment of CIPRA International and the met of municipalities are in Innsbruck/A to take a look at the future together. In a mem- like siblings: we have ACHIEVE MORE orandum of understanding they renewed the foundation for the same background In a lichen a fungus works together with algae their collaboration and specified a number of common objec- and value the same as part of a symbiotic community or biocoenosis: tives: a strong role in Alpine policy; a vibrant network beyond ideals, but we also have while the fungus binds the moisture, linguistic and cultural boundaries; and the exploration of new our own minds, our the algae produce the nutrients. joint venture and topic areas. The agreement is trendsetting own ideas and talents. for their continued co-operation in the future. By co-operating, Further networks like Alparc are also supporting we benefit from each CIPRA loyally along the way. One glittering highlight of that other’s strengths; co-operation was organising the 4th AlpWeek from 11 to 15 at the same time we’re October 2016 in Grassau, Germany (p. 4–9). Together with able to consider and the EU’s , the Alpine Town of the tackle problems from Year Association, the International Scientific Committee for different perspectives.” Alpine Research (Iscar), the network of Alpine associations, the Club Arc Alpin and Germany’s chairmanship of the Alpine Convention, CIPRA drew more than 400 people to Grassau, Katharina Gasteiger, under the motto of “Alps & People”. One key finding emerged Alliance in the Alps, from the many lectures and discussions: sustainable devel- Übersee am Chiemsee/D opment in the Alps can only be achieved together and one small step at a time.

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RIVERS CONNECT A WIND OF CHANGE PEOPLE FOR MUNICIPALITIES

BIODIVERSITY & LANDSCAPE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE ALPS

__The partners of the Spare Project are as diverse as they __At the Nagelfluhkette Nature Park/A, young people are are at home in different Alpine countries, comprising as they teaching primary schoolchildren for a day. Together, they “ do a university, two research agencies, two official bodies, a study water courses as a habitat for plants and animals. “ regional office, and two environmental organisations. Together In l’Argentière-la-Bessée/F, another group is creating an they demonstrate how river management can be improved adventure trail to the entrance of a silver mine. These above and beyond administrative, cultural and technical and other initiatives are the result of CIPRA’s youTurn For geographical boundaries. youth project, which has been implemented together with and cultural reasons, Rivers supply clean drinking water to people living not the Alliance in the Alps network, the Alpine Town of the It is very important mountain regions just in the Alps and throughout Europe, irrigating fields and Year association, the French muni­cipalities of Chambéry to involve young are often isolated – farmland and providing a habitat for many plants and animals. and Argentière-la-Bessée, the Austrian localities of Nenzing, people in the life of co-operation as part People use them for recreational purposes and to generate Nagelfluhkette and Montafon, and the Liechtenstein town of the community; of the Spare project electricity. The comprehensive water course management Schaan. As part of the project, young people, youth work- after all, young people is invaluable as it helps scheme set out as part of the Spare Project is the basis for ers and representatives from the participating Alpine munici­ are tomorrow’s to establish personal providing these ecosystem functions. The wide array of project palities collated instances of good practice in youth partici- adults. The YouTurn contacts and promotes partners means that stakeholders can be involved in many dif- pation, gaining inspiration from the initiatives of others and project has shown the exchange of know- ferent sectors. Five pilot regions are testing methods for par- implementing their own ideas. As a result, young people felt me that, even if we ledge and expertise. ticipating in river planning and drawing up solutions together. more involved and more motivated to dedicate themselves to are young, we’re This in turn leads to For example in Dora Baltea, one of the Spare pilot re- their community’s sustainable development. able to participate better environmental gions. Over the past century the glacier river area in the north- At the final meeting in Chambéry thirty or so young in the community.” management and better west of the Italian Alps has been used intensively for economic people aged 14 to 17 and accompanying adults came up land management.” and urban growth. Riverbank vegetation, flood areas and with suggestions on how to improve youth participation in natural run-off and drainage areas have been lost as a result. their municipalities. For example, by raising the awareness of Clémence But now, as part of the Spare Project, the local population, lo- politicians for their concerns and inviting them to attend their De Langavant, Andrea Mammoliti cal administrations, agriculture, electricity suppliers, and many activities or calling in on them at their place of work – bringing YouTurn participant, Mochet, Spare project others are being involved in the river planning. In the ongoing cake along, of course. The general consensus in Chambéry Argentière-la-Bessée/F partner, Aosta Valley/I investigations, flow data from the river bed is being monitored was that a certain amount of incentive was of course needed Regional Office for and new procedures for issuing water concessions are being from the political side, too, for instance the establishment and Environmental Projection jointly developed. mentoring of a Youth Parliament.

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SPACE IS FINITE AWAKENING AND CHANGE

COMMUNICATION & NETWORKING ALPINE POLICY

__In 2016 CIPRA examined spatial planning from various per- __“Us first” was the pervasive motto in 2016, more so than spectives. With the alpMonitor project for instance, it demon- ever before. In the light of a global political and social climate “ strated under the Spatial Planning rubric how such processes of isolation it is all the more important for CIPRA to stand “ can be tackled at the municipal level and what the potential up for values such as solidarity, co-operation, environmental stumbling blocks might be. With an interactive presentation protection, and justice. anyone with an interest in the topic can accompany the fic- Which is why, in 2016, CIPRA International was focused tional municipality of Alpwil through its decision-making pro- particularly on working within networks. At the beginning of It is part of CIPRA’s cess. The presentation is complemented by a poster illustrat- the year the action groups of the macro-regional strategy for For years we have remit to keep drawing ing the main steps and statements and a web dossier entitled the Alpine Region began their work. Between representatives been advocating our attention to Raumplanung in den Alpen [Spatial Planning in the Alps]. of the regions, ministries, NGOs, municipalities and the scien- closer co-operation the vulnerability and Under the “Nature and People” rubric of the alpMonitor tific community, new stakeholders from the Alpine region were in international uniqueness of our Alpine project, a map of the Alps illustrates protected areas and those grouped together for the first time and therefore had to make sustainability policy habitats and to call who are affected by change and keen to preserve these areas. their voices heard and establish their roles. between the state for protection against After completing its review of the “Egarten” case CIPRA Inter- Within the framework of the Alpine Convention, CIPRA and civil society. irreversible damage, national examined whether such changes could be put before was – with the help of other observer organisations – able to CIPRA International just as it has done with the Board of Review of the Alpine Convention and, if so, how. contribute its expertise on key documents of the Alpine Con- plays a particularly its constructively The result is a fact sheet with the relevant recommendations. vention and establish sustainable development issues. These important role here, formulated and highly Particular attention was focused on the 101st edition included the Murnau/D declaration on sustainable regional in the Alpine region.” justified open letter of the AlpsInsight magazine entitled Raum ist endlich [Space development in the Alps, the ministerial declaration on the entitled ‘Space is finite’.” is finite] and the open letter addressed to the spatial planning promotion of sustainable economy in the Alps, and the 2017- conference of the Alpine countries held in Murnau/D in April. In 2022 multi-annual work programme of the Alpine Convention. Panagiotis September CIPRA Germany, Austria, South Tyrol and Interna- Finally, in October, the Alpine Conference provided the oppor- Potolidis-Beck, Astrid Rössler, tional upped the ante by calling for a stop to large-scale exten- tunity to showcase the work that had been achieved. Principality of Deputy Governor for sions of skiing areas. CIPRA International added further em- Thanks to its involvement in various working groups, Liechtenstein’s Office the Federal Province of phasis with the event entitled Da röhrt der Hirsch, da rauscht platforms, conferences and workshops CIPRA International for Foreign Affairs Salzburg/A der Bach [Roaring Deer, Babbling Brooks] at the AlpWeek in was able to participate in the various themes and establish Grassau/D in October. and consolidate its networks. The expertise of CIPRA was as much in demand as its clear positioning and demands.

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TURNING RISKS MOBILITY AS INTO OPPORTUNITIES A STATE OF MIND

CLIMATE & ENERGY TRANSPORT & MOBILITY

__On this October afternoon in the Swiss region of Surselva, __“People very quickly forget about a traffic jam providing it the hotel in Vals is a hive of activity as a group of people doesn’t lasts longer than ten minutes.” 140 pairs of eyes were “ discuss and gesticulate in German and Romansh. They’re focused on the speaker Gerhard Fehr. At the international sym- “ engaged in an exchange of views on the opportunities, risks, posium on commuter mobility in Hard, Austria, in mid-November, and future of the valley in the wake of climate change. Mr Fehr, a behavioural economist, was showing his audience The workshop on “Adaptation to Climate Change in why the choice of means of transport is often not a rational deci- Surselva” as part of the Climate Toolbox Project provided an sion. Experts in economics, politics, administration and repre- For me, cross-border Our experiences with opportunity for regional decision-makers and stakeholders in sentatives of NGOs and associations from Germany, Switzer- projects are certainly the the Climate Toolbox agriculture, tourism and water management to join forces and land, Austria and Liechtenstein were offered inspiring ideas on watchword, particularly in the draw up strategies for their region. The Toolbox was designed sustainable mobility as well as an opportunity to exchange views. in a region that has such have shown that, by the Surselva Region, the Swiss consultancy and project de- They found out that good mobility measures help com- close cultural ties and rather than closing our velopment company seecon, the environmental organisation muters to fall back instinctively on alternatives to the car as is as narrowly confined as eyes to climate change, Mountain Wilderness Switzerland, and CIPRA International. they are not based on complex decision-making processes. the Alpine Valley. we need to scan the Climate change is one of the 21st century’s greatest Frank Burmeister from the Netherlands Ministry of Transport Through our meetings horizon together and look challenges. Global warming will have a far-reaching economic, used his country’s mobility strategy to illustrate how this can with project partners such for new opportunities. ecological and social impact on the Alps as a living environ- be implemented. That strategy is aimed at shifting commuter as CIPRA from neigh- If all the region’s ment. But the phenomenon is so complex that it remains flows over to bicycles, car pools and trains. bouring regions I have stakeholders join forces rather abstract and difficult to convey. There is often a lack of The symposium was an important stage in the cross- become acquainted to work together on the knowledge and of methods for offsetting the changes brought sector Pemo project, which CIPRA is conducting on behalf of with many new ideas solution, we can open about by climate change. What resources are available within Liechtenstein and the Canton of St. Gallen, in collaboration with that help to advance our up new avenues and the region, and what can be done? Where are changes an- the Energy Institute and the administrative district of work in Vorarlberg.” seize new opportunities.” ticipated as a result of climate change? This is precisely the Lindau. Major employers play a key role in this regard. As part point at which the Climate Toolbox comes into play. Its aim is of the Pemo project nineteen companies and institutions are to provide a holistic understanding of climate change. On that trialling analysis methods and measures for altering commut- Martin Reis, Urs Giezendanner, basis the stakeholders involved are able to develop strategies ers’ behaviour. Pemo is building on the experiences of the Alp- Pemo project partner, Director, Surselva/CH for their region, as indeed they did at the Surselva workshop. star Alpine Space Project, which drew up methods for reducing Vorarlberg/A

Regional Development The solutions jointly drawn up and implemented then become CO2 emissions in the mobility sector in the Valley Energy Institute sustainable in the long term. pilot region to use these findings across the Alps.

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PROJECTS AND We are Alps Press trip Within the dynAlp-nature programme run by WorthWild explores the usage ACTIVITIES 2016 (Alpine Convention): Liechten- Alliance in the Alps, CIPRA is supporting four cooperation of areas with limited infrastructural stein stage organised with a projects for the protection of Alpine biodiversity. development in the Alps. focus on commuter mobility.

Ecosystems provide valuable services for nature and people. AlpES ensures the approval and protection of these services. The projects GaYA, Pemo promotes sustainable youth Alpine Express PlurAlps and AlpinnoCT commuter mobility in 24 young people undertook a

are approved by the Interreg the Lake Constance region. journey through the Alps and Link for aquatic fauna between Climate Game 100max is Alpine Space Programme. reported on their experiences the Tentschagraben in Liechten­ Project Spare Looking for designed to motivate people to politicians and civil society. stein and the Inland Canal a balance between protection living in the Alps to adopt as part of the Alpine Rhine and usage of Alpine rivers. a climate-friendly lifestyle. The CIPRA Youth Association valley green belt project. Council empowers young CIPRA has run the association’s offices people in the Alps. since 2003. „Tour des Villes“ workshops for sustainable settlement development. European strategy for the Alps constructive Alps is Alliance in the Alps Participation in subject-specific an international architecture Association of Alpine I-LivAlps brings working groups on transportation, award for sustainable municipalities. Administrative together people of natural & cultural ressources construction and building Young people, youth workers Coordination of the long- and project management different ages and and ecological connectivity. refurbishment in the Alps. and politicians of seven Alpine distance hiking trail Via Alpina work for the dynAlp-nature countries to develop municipalities exchange ideas as an implementation project programme. process knowledge in the project YouTurn. of the Alpine Convention. and know-how. Open letter regarding sustainable spatial planning in the Alps.

Alpine Convention Participation in the Alpine Conference, the Standing alpMonitor Regular research and Committee and the following work groups and platforms: Transport, PR on five mainfields of activity. Media activities relating Ecological Network, Large Carnivores, Wild Ungulates and Society, to various subjects including tourism Macro Region, Water Management, Mountain Farming, Spatial Planning, Climate Toolbox

and nature conservation. Energy Efficient Construction. offers tools for www.cipra.org All-round sustainable adaptation information platform on Pan-Alpine Networks to climate change. subjects relating to sustain- Public book reading and Biodiversity & Landscape alpMedia newsletter: eight able development in the Social Media Multilingual drawing competition in issues in French, German, Alps (in French, German, Young people in the Alps profiles on Facebook and Twitter. Liechtenstein, International Italian, Slovene and four in Italian, Slovene and English). Mountain Day, 11th of December. climalp is an Communication & Networking English. 20,000 subscribers. Almost 500,000 page information campaign

Alpine Policy accessed by 100,00 visitors. to promote energy- “Alps insight” issue entitled “Women Leading the Climb. efficient construction Climate & Energy Their Contribution to Nature and Society in the Alps” and refurbishment. Transport & Monility Alpweek 2016 Various sessions, some with partners. (in French, German, Italian and Slovene). 14,000 copies. 20 | LOREM LOREM 2016 ANNUAL REPORT CIPRA INTERNATIONAL | 21 ” WE RELY TOGETHER AGAINST TRANSIT TRAFFIC ON ONE CIPRA Italy While most of Italy is surrounded transalpine transit routes – and its appeal did by the Mediterranean, to the north the coun- not fall on deaf ears: in a report the European ANOTHER try is encircled by a wide arc formed by the Parliament rejected the relevant passages by Green leaves use sunlight to produce oxygen, Alps. Goods shipped to Italy via sea routes a large majority. which in turn is essential to produce the are distributed onwards throughout Europe With the support of transport experts, air that people and animals need to breathe. from Italy, with European products shipped CIPRA Italy also published a report on the out through Italian ports. Overall, around 90% transit traffic situation at the crossing points of shipments, including passenger traffic, are through the Alps. It transpires that the Italian transported by road, making transalpine traf- government has not yet implemented many fic of paramount importance for Italy. economic, fiscal and organisational meas- These road links are already well devel- ures aimed at promoting the transfer of traffic oped, and yet new projects aimed at build- from the roads to the railways. The other Al- ing priority Alpine thoroughfares are being pine countries are also lagging behind in this thought up all the time. In 2016 the Trans- regard. Indeed, without flanking measures, it port Committee of the European Parliament will be impossible to achieve climate change put before the vote of its plenary session a objectives. report which, among other things, provided

for the extension of the Alemagna motorway WWW.CIPRA.ORG/ITALY as a new transalpine transit route between Munich/D and Venice/I. CIPRA Italy, together with other CIPRA representatives, interceded with the Transport Committee of the Europe-

Photo: Curran Kelleher, flickr an Parliament against the further expansion of 22 | 2016 ANNUAL REPORT NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS 2016 ANNUAL REPORT CIPRA INTERNATIONAL | 23

LAUGHING, WALKING AND THE ALPINE RHINE LEARNING FROM EACH OTHER FÊTE

CIPRA Slovenia Increasingly, children are Good examples of sustainable mobil- CIPRA Liechtenstein Taming Europe’s big- now being driven to school by their parents. ity from Slovenia and other countries served gest torrent began some two hundred years CIPRA Slovenia is working to counter that as role models for new solutions as part of ago. Today, the Alpine Rhine is a canal, its trend by working with the Institute for Spatial the project. Besides various workshops the course lined for the most part by intensively Policies and the Association for Sustainable project partners also organised a field trip to used farmland and residual pockets of wet- Development. And thanks to the Pedibus, /I and published the collated mobility land forest. The constricted river is no longer A joint effort: schoolchildren get to exercise – and have measures. able to fulfil its purpose as a lifeline for man- Paddling the Alpine Rhine. more opportunities for contact with children Members of the teaching body and kind and nature. To make people more aware of the same age. municipality staff took part in the field trip to of the usefulness of a more near-natural Al- The many visitors at the Rhy-Fäscht The Pedibus is a children’s group ac- Bolzano. On site they visited municipal in- pine Rhine, CIPRA Liechtenstein teamed up fête were able to experience and enjoy the companied by an adult either on foot. The little frastructure solutions, travelled throughout with the Graubünden and St. Gallen WWF, wide stretch of river and the near-natural set- ones are collected from “bus stops” at fixed the Vinschgau region by train, and found out Pro Natura Eastern Switzerland, Naturschutz- ting of the river banks, the likes of which are times, taken to school and then brought back how measures are implemented in practice bund Vorarlberg, Werkstatt Faire Zukunft and normally only to be found in the Mastrilser again. Workshops that are part of the Sus- at a school. With its “Sustainable Mobility in the Swiss water protection organisation Aqua wetlands along the Alpine Rhine. There is cur- tainable Mobility in Practice project offered Schools” project, CIPRA Slovenia and part- Viva to put on a large fête. rently a great deal of discussion surrounding stakeholder groups such as munici­palities, ners are to continue their efforts for a more At the spot where the Alpine Rhine flows the widening of the river bed. It would benefit school boards and teachers the opportunity eco-friendly form of mobility in 2017. in a wide arc around the Ellhorn, the organis- the local recreation area in the over-exploited to get to know new mobility concepts and try ers staged a varied programme on the banks valley area as much as it would biodiversity.

them out for themselves. The response from WWW.CIPRA.ORG/EN/SLOVENIA of gravel and sand between the Liechtenstein The governments of the countries bordering participants was entirely positive, and they are municipality of and the Graubünden the area provided for the relevant restoration now planning to implement such measures municipality of Fläsch: there were opportuni- measures some time ago. Which is why, next at their schools too. ties to canoe down small oxbows, study wa- year, the organisers will once again put on an- ter-borne insects under the magnifying glass, other fête and campaign for effective imple- stroke genuine beaver fur, and build sand cas- mentation. tles and artworks out of stones. There was also

plenty of time for a chat over food and drinks, WWW.CIPRA.ORG/EN/LIECHTENSTEIN and for interacting with the Rheinleben [Life on

Photo: IMAGEdifferentPhoto: the Rhine] exhibition inside the marquee tent. 24 | 2016 ANNUAL REPORT NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS 2016 ANNUAL REPORT CIPRA INTERNATIONAL | 25

THINK GLOBALLY, IDENTITY NEEDS ACT LOCALLY CULTURE

CIPRA France The European Strategy for interdisciplinary training courses that incorpo- CIPRA Switzerland Growth-orientated re- The participants were unanimous: the Alps (Eusalp) examines answers to chal- rate the natural sciences and the humanities. gional politics in Switzerland today are aimed culture must not be viewed merely as an lenges such as demographic change, econo- That way topics such as the energy transition first and foremost at economic devel­opment economic contribution to regional develop- mic globalisation, climate change, and energy in the Alpine region could be examined from and at prioritising hubs and devel­opment ment. Rather, a strong and vibrant regional transition. CIPRA France and the French re- different perspectives and implemented more axes. The potential afforded by mountain identity of peripheral regions has to be the presentative of Alliance in the Alps accepted effectively. regions with their diverse culture is barely foundation from which to acknowledge and the invitation of Eusalp to submit their imple- Shortly thereafter CIPRA France atten- recognised. Together with Mountain Wilder- make constructive use of differences. They mentation projects. In June 2016 they conve- ded a meeting of the French working group ness Switzerland and the Salecina Confe- adopted a joint resolution aimed at enhan- ned 40 participants from the worlds of poli- on the European Strategy for the Alps orga- rence Centre, CIPRA Switzerland brought cing the role of culture in Alpine regions. It set tics, business and science in Bourg d’Oisans nised by the commissioner’s office for the together people from the fields of science, out among other things that Alpine cultural in France’s Isère département. Twelve new equal treatment of regions. The project ideas culture, regional development and politics activities must be afforded a higher status projects were created, retained and publis- were presented at the meeting; however, the to sound out and highlight that potential. At within the realm of politics and regional de- hed in a brochure. They included developing political representatives of the three Eusalp the conference entitled “Mountain regions – velopment. Regional cultural initiatives have regions of Franche-Comté, Auvergne Rhône- where to now? The future of the Alpine val- the capability of delivering the impetus for Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, who leys and the significance of culture” held in improvements in quality of life and of giving With active support: stood to benefit from project ideas such as June 2016, forty or so experts discussed strength and dignity to regional identities. New project ideas arise. these, did not attend. How can the awareness the significance of regional identity and the CIPRA Switzerland will continue to of the importance of participating in European contribution of cultural initiatives towards expand its partnerships and contacts in the political processes be strengthened at both sustainable regional development. cultural sector in the years to come. The aim the municipal and the regional level? CIPRA is to address Alpine policy issues and the- France continues to reflect and act on the mes against the background of local and re- matter – with a global perspective and a local gional circumstances. sense of responsibility.

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With a unified voice: CIPRA representatives at the press conference. policymakers are calling this regulation into of eco-tourism where offers are tailored to question and seeking to exclude areas from the natural and cultural assets of the Alpine the protected Zone C of the Alpine Plan so region rather than impacting them would be that a cable car link can be built. As a result a sustainable solution for nature and people a planning instrument that has been tried and alike,” says Peter Hasslacher, President of tested and unchanged for 44 years is now CIPRA Austria. Together with representatives being called into question. The international in Germany and South Tyrol they will further set of agreements of the Alpine Convention strengthen that co-operation and act with a forms the overarching framework for the im- strong voice on behalf of the comprehensive RELIABLE PARTNERSHIPS plementation of Alpine-wide solutions. What protection and sustainable development of RIGHT ACROSS THE ALPS is needed is a spatial planning architecture the Alps. that is valid across the Alps and modelled on

CIPRA Austria, CIPRA Germany, CIPRA argumentation, methodology and demands examples of good practice such as the Bavar- WWW.CIPRA.ORG/AUSTRIA South Tyrol Right now the cable car industry throughout the becomes all the ian Alpine Plan. The appointment of a working WWW.CIPRA.ORG/GERMANY WWW.CIPRA.ORG/SUEDTIROL (DE) is all about superlatives. Indeed, the “world’s tougher. That’s why partnerships and net- group on “Alpine open-space planning/Alpine greatest glacier ski area” is to be created by works such as CIPRA are urgently needed. spatial planning” within the Alpine Convention linking up the ski resorts in the Austrian Pitz- The three CIPRAs of Austria, South Tyrol and would be a first step. Its remit would be to tal and Ötztal valleys. Lech-St. Anton boasts Germany have joined forces to form a cross- draw up proposals valid across the Alps to “Austria’s largest ski area” and, following border north-south axis. Their brief: to make halt the ever spiralling plans to expand the the link-up with Arosa, the Lenzerheide has the general public and the body politic aware growth of tourism. become the “largest contiguous ski area” of the unbridled exploitation of the Alps and, Joint campaigns by CIPRA Austria, Regardless of the consequences: in Graubünden, Switzerland. In Bavaria/D, also, make it clear that international regula- Germany and South Tyrol such as press Plans for a cable car in the Tyrol/A and South Tyrol/I alone there are now tions are needed when it comes to answering conferences in Munich/D and Innsbruck/A, Warscheneck/A nature reserve. 31 cable car projects waiting to be implement- questions relating to the development of ski the call for an Alpine-wide debate on spiral- ed. It’s an Alpine-wide predatory competition areas and spatial planning. ling growth plans for cable car construction, that’s driving investments ever upwards. The In Germany these exploitation pres- and the demand for a serious application of instant one ski region expands its area, other sures never used to exist. Within the national the implementing protocols of the Alpine Con- winter resorts feel compelled to make the next planning framework, the Bavarian Alpine Plan vention have resulted in a sustained media move. They too want to expand so they can is a prime example of Alpine spatial plan- response across the Alps. The three national keep up with the competition from abroad. ning, with 43% of the total surface area ear- CIPRAs also see themselves as a mouthpiece And so the battle waged by individual marked for “quiet recreation”. No pistes or for civil society as a whole when it comes to organisations against these serried ranks lift installations are to be built there. But now, highlighting problems and challenges and ad-

of development plans that are all similar in at the Riedberger Horn in the Allgäu region, Essl Josef Photo: Tourism/Erber OÖ. Photo: dressing solutions. “Working towards a form 28 | 2016 ANNUAL REPORT NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

SPRAY-PAINTING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

CIPRA South Tyrol Urban Green – How young urban target audience interested and does the young generation imagine its city involved in issues of environmental protec- ” of the future? It’s a question artists chose to tion. To this end movable partition walls were explore by creative means at the 2016 Graffiti set up in central locations in Bolzano so peo- Contest. In 2014 CIPRA South Tyrol as the ple could experience first-hand how graffiti is umbrella organisation for nature conserva- created. Riccardo Rizzo and Tobias Planer tion and environmental protection set up the of the Murarte Association are in no doubt first jointly organised graffiti competition, to- that young people are definitely interested gether with its local environmental group in in topical issues about nature conservation, Bolzano and the Murarte cultural association. environmental protection and the safeguard- In the interim the event has become well es- ing of resources. The works created by the tablished and is now under the patronage of participating graffiti artists do not just consist WE CAN ALL the municipality of Bolzano. The starting point of paint sprayed onto a wall; they comprise for staging the competition was how to get a views, statements and messages. Urban MAKE A Green stands for clever mobility solutions, building envelopes that are organic and living, CONTRIBUTION zero-waste concepts, resource conservation; Unlimited creativity: in other words, it stands for towns and cities Bees ingest the nectar they obtain from flowers. exhibition of graffiti art in Bozen. that people want to live in. In their images The pollen adheres to the body of the bees and the graffiti artists depicted what Urban Green is transported to the next flower, which is then pollinated. might look like in the future. For CIPRA South Tyrol it was a matter of course that the entire event should be organised in a way that was as resource-friendly as possible. That’s why the graffiti was created on completely reusable partition walls using eco-friendly water-based paints.

WWW.CIPRA.ORG/SUEDTIROL (DE) Photos: CIPRA South Tyrol, Cristian Newman 30 | 2016 ANNUAL REPORT OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF CIPRA JAHRESBERICHT 2016 CIPRA INTERNATIONAL | 31 NATIONAL CIPRA REPRESENTATIONS AND BOARD MEMBERS BOARD AND REPRESENTATIONS CIPRA NATIONAL

Witty (Director), Uwe Roth CIPRA SOUTH TIROL Board Klauspeter Dissinger (Chairmen), Johanna Ebner (Vice President), Judith Egger (until end of January), Klara Kofler, Elisabeth Ladinser (until end of January), Wolfgang Niederhofer, Hans- peter Niederkofler, Anna Pichler, Stephan Platzgummer (until end of January), Martin Schöpf, Wilhelm Seppi Office Marion Auer, Griseldis Dietl, Andreas Riedl (Director) CIPRA YOUTH COUNCIL Laurent Buscat, Sara Cattani, Cristina Dalla Torre, Virgil Decourteille, Martina Eberle, Luzia Felder, Kristina Glojek, Katja Kosir, Andrea Müller, Eva Šabec, Ana Seifert, Luca Tschiderer, Max Veulliet, Caroline Vuillet, Elisa Zadra NEDERLANDSE MILIEUGROUP ALPEN Joop Spijker

CIPRA INTERNATIONAL WWW.CIPRA.ORG/EN/CIPRA/ABOUT

CIPRA INTERNATIONAL Executive Board Serena Arduino (from October), Christian Baumgartner (President ad interim), Katharina Conradin (President, maternity leave), Damiano Di Simine (until October), Hugo Quaderer, Eva Šabec, Marko Slapnik International Office Christina Bachner, Caroline Begle, Corinne Buff, Katarina Cesnik, Cristina Dalla Torre, Jakob Dietachmair, Martha Dunbar, Julitta Eller (until March), Maya Mathias, Magdalena Holzer, Michaela Hogenboom, Bettina Hug (until May), Anna Mehrmann, Wolfgang Pfefferkorn, Andreas Pichler (Managing Director), Nicoletta Piersantelli (until January), Claire Simon (until September), Aurelia Ullrich-Schneider (until April), Barbara Wülser CIPRA ITALY Board Vanda Bonardo, Gianni Cametti, Luigi Casanova, Federica Corrado (President), Cristina Dalla Torre, Oscar Del Barba, Carlo Gubetti, Marco La Viola Office Francesco Pastorelli (Director) CIPRA LIECHTENSTEIN Office Monika Gstöhl (Director), Cornelia Mayer, Claudia Ospelt-Bosshard CIPRA AUSTRIA Office Josef Essl (Director) Committee Christian CIPRA YOUTH COUNCIL YOUTH CIPRA Baumgartner, Liliana Dagostin, Peter Haßlacher (Chairman), Michael Proschek-Hauptmann, Christine Pühringer, Gottfried Schindlbauer, Walter Tschon CIPRA FRANCE Board Alain Boulogne (President), Michel Chamel, Hélène Denis, Adrien Devos, Patrick Le Vaguerèse Office Marc-Jérôme Hassid (Director), Julika Jarosch, Delphine Segalen CIPRA SWITZERLAND Board Remco Giovanoli, Eva Inderwildi, Patrick Jäger (until April), Sebastian Moos (from April), Patrik Schönenberger (President from April), Reto Solèr (President until April), Benno Steiner (from April) Office Hans Weber CIPRA SLOVENIA Board Vida Černe, Gašper Kleč, Patricija Muršič, Matej Ogrin (President), Dušan Prašnikar, Jernej Stritih Office Spela Berlot, Kristina Glojek, Anamarija Jere CIPRA GERMANY Board Ethelbert Babl, Peter Dill, Axel Doering, Christine

Eben, Peter Eberle, Stefan Köhler, Florian Lintzmeyer, Erwin Rothgang (President) Office Irene Brendt, Stefan Todorovic Darko Photos: 32 | 2016 ANNUAL REPORT FINANCES AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 2016 ANNUAL REPORT CIPRA INTERNATIONAL | 33

POSTING A PROFIT AT YEAR END CIPRA INTERNATIONAL’S THANKS FOR FINANCIAL ON THE RIGHT TRACK SUPPORT AND CONTRACTS GO TO

__The 2016 financial year was characterised ambition is to plough this funding into initia- LIECHTENSTEIN /LI • OFFICE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT VADUZ/LI by two main developments. Firstly, success tives and projects that are as effective and as • FEDERAL OFFICE OF SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT BERN/CH • FEDERAL OFFICE FOR

in maintaining the high level of our funding beneficial to the Alps as possible. The funding THE ENVIRONMENT BERN/CH • FEDERAL MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT, NATURE

and commissions. Secondly, our sphere of contribution from our domicile state of Liech- CONSERVATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY BERLIN/D • FEDERAL AGENCY FOR NATURE

influence has been broadened further thanks tenstein accounts for approximately one third of CONSERVATION BERLIN/D • BRISTOL FOUNDATION ZÜRICH/CH • NON-PROFITMAKING to the founding of CIPRA International Lab our revenues; it is the precondition on which our FOUNDATIONS IN LIECHTENSTEIN • ALLIANCE IN THE ALPS NETWORK OF MUNICIPA- GmbH, which is based in Dornbirn/A. As the ability to operate on behalf of sustainable deve- LITIES ÜBERSEE/D • ALPINE TOWN OF THE YEAR ASSOCIATION BAD REICHENHALL/D project management arm of CIPRA Internatio- lopment right across the Alps is based. • STIFTUNG FÜRST. KOMMERZIENRAT GUIDO FEGER VADUZ/LI • GERMAN FEDERAL nal, this company is able to participate in joint Half of our funds are earmarked for po- ENVIRONMENTAL FOUNDATION OSNABRÜCK/D • AAGE V. JENSEN CHARITY FOUND- venture programmes on a much larger scale. litical work, public relations, committee work, ATION VADUZ/LI • THE EU’S ERASMUS+ PROGRAMME • RICHI FOUNDATION VADUZ/ The positive results for the year as a networking and administration. That includes whole were possible thanks first and foremost our commitment to the Alpine Convention LI • VIA ALPINA NATIONAL SECRETARIATS: SCHWEIZER WANDERWEGE, CLUB ALPIN to support and funding at many different levels. and our role within Eusalp, our media work, MONÉGASQUE, SLOVENIAN TOURIST BOARD, GRANDE TRAVERSÉE DES ALPES, LIECH- We would like to thank all the people, orga- and the alpMonitor project where every year TENSTEIN OFFICE OF THE ENVIRONMENT • PAUL SCHILLER FOUNDATION LACHEN/ nisations and partners who stood by us with we conduct research on background informa- CH • INTERNATIONAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION VADUZ/LI • ALPINE INITIATIVE help and advice throughout 2016 and suppor- tion in several fields and put forward propo- ALTDORF/CH • FUTURE FOUNDATION OF LIECHTENSTEINISCHE LANDESBANK AG ted us with their funding. Thanks to their trust sals for solutions. The other half is expended VADUZ/LI • VILLAGE OF PLANKEN/LI • OFFICE OF SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT

and support for the work we do, they were in- on project work and services with which we AND GEOINFORMATION, CANTON ST. GALLEN ST. GALLEN/CH • SCANDINAVIAN HEART-

strumental in enabling us to post a profit at the initiate and promote the implementation of LAND FALUN/SWE • CCA CLUB ARC ALPIN MUNICH/D • INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC end of the 2016 financial year: i.e. revenues of sustainable solution strategies. COMMITTEE FOR ALPINE RESEARCH BERN/CH • FEDERAL MINISTRY FOR ECONOMIC around CHF 1,491 million against expenditure CIPRA International’s assets amounted AFFAIRS AND ENERGY BERLIN/D • INTERREG ALPINE SPACE PROGRAMME • FOUND- of around CHF 1,486 million, resulting in a pro- to around CHF 303,965 at the end of 2016. ATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY /LI • FONDAZIONE CARIPLO MAILAND/I • LIECH- fit of around CHF 5,300. Detailed financial statements of account will TENSTEIN NATIONAL LIBRARY VADUZ/LI • INTERNATIONAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION Compared with the previous year the be available at WWW.CIPRA.ORG once ap- VADUZ/LI • PERMANENT SECRETARIAT OF THE ALPINE CONVENTION INNSBRUCK/A • number of financial backers and commissio- proved by the Assembly of Delegates in au- LEGACY MARIA KLARA FEHR SCHELLENBERG/LI • ALPS INSIGHT SUPPORTERS ning clients remained unchanged, at 35. Our tumn 2017.

Where does the money come from? Where does the money go? Services to third parties 369,669 CHF Political work and communications 453,039 CHF Government subsidies 500,000 CHF Committee activities, networking and administration 269,367 CHF Project contributions, donations 570,106 CHF Projects and services 738,545 CHF Membership fees 38,165 CHF Other income 13,444 CHF 34 | 2016 ANNUAL REPORT MAP OF THE ALPS

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Y 1 A N CIPRA GERMANY Kick off meeting EUSALP 25 January WHERE R M E A 2 Alpine Building Conference CIPRA OPERATES G T R I U S 16 – 17 March 22 MUNICH A 3 VIENNA 4 AlpWeek 11 – 15 October ECHING A. AMMERSEE PARIS 4 CIPRA INTERNATIONAL LAB GMBH 4 Alpine Convention 7 8 SALZBURG 5 Bergeller meeting 16 – 19 June 3 13 GRASSAU

CIPRA LIECHTENSTEIN 6 MURNAU 6 German Presidency of CIPRA SWITZERLAND 2 GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN the Alpine Convention HARD 24 9 SONTHOFEN 7 Energy Protocol workshop 18 WERFENWENG DORNBIRN 21 April LANGENBRUCK BL ZÜRICH 11 D N RUGGELL A 4 15 22 INNSBRUCK 8 Celebrating 25years Alpine Convention L SCHAAN 23 R 9 Tourism conference 8 June BERN 19 E 17 MALBUN Z CIPRA AUSTRIA 10 CIPRA board meeting E T C I 21 SURSELVA 11 Urban Mountain Workshop W 4 BRIXEN 10 LESACHTAL 19 and 20 May N S CIPRA INTERNATIONAL 5 MALOJA 4 14 BOZEN 12 Alpine Town of the Year A A I 1 BRDO 13 dynalp nature R N TOLMIN 12 18 BELLUNO 14 AlpES F LJUBLJANAE V 18 15 CIPRA SOUTH TYROL Spare: Rivers connect people O ANNECY 20 LECCO 23 16 Youth Parliament of the 16 BASSANO DI GRAPPA L CIPRA SLOVENIA Alpine Convention S 17 CHAMBÉRY 17 youTurn: A wind of change for the municipality CIPRA ITALY 18 Youth Alpine Express GRENOBLE 19 Constructive Alps Touring exhibition TURIN I T 20 100max: Alpine climate protection game CIPRA FRANCE A L Y 21 Climate Toolbox: Turning risks into opportunities

22 Press conference: expansion of winter sports

Area covered by the Alps 23 iLivAlps & alpMonitor

Event 24 Pemo: Mobility is a state of mind

23 Projects and activities

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